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NewsUS spending bill would trim US military procurement in fiscal year 2014
The $1.1 trillion proposed spending bill released by the US Congress earlier this week would provide the US Department of Defense with $487 billion in spending in fiscal year 2014, roughly the same amount as was allocated in fiscal year 2013.
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NewsUS senators consider UAV-related privacy concerns
Federal lawmakers and civil liberty advocates called for greater oversight of data collection by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a Senate committee hearing in Washington, DC, on 15 January.
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NewsBoeing tests 777X in high-speed wind tunnel
Boeing has started high-speed wind tunnel tests on the 777X family of aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Another incident puts spotlight back on 787 batteries
For Boeing, it’s another new year – and another new lithium ion battery malfunction on the 787.
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NewsBoeing confirms new 787 battery problem in Tokyo
Boeing has confirmed that a single cell of a Japan Airlines 787 lithium-ion battery overheated with the aircraft parked at Tokyo Narita International airport on 14 January.
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Virgin Galactic promises to reach space in 2014
Virgin Galactic has promised to make it to space in 2014, following a successful third supersonic flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital rocketplane.
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Europe chases dream of spaceplane operations
A US-European agreement to develop spaceplane technology may extend the remit of Sierra Nevada’s in-development Dream Chaser beyond its planned use by NASA to shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Seattle deal caps Boeing cost-squeeze plan
Boeing machinists ended a surprisingly suspenseful drama by accepting a new compensation package on 3 January in return for a guarantee that keeps the 20-year-old 777 production system firmly planted in Washington state for decades to come.
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NewsOne year later, no issues for Boeing 787 battery redesign
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says today that it expects to release at the end of this year a probable cause for the Boeing 787 battery malfunctions that grounded the fleet for four months in 2013.
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NewsMQ-4C testing continues as USA considers broader mission
Northrop Grumman and the US Navy have completed nine MQ-4C Triton test flights and expect to ferry the first aircraft to NAS Patuxent River in Maryland this summer.
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Flydubai firms $8.8 billion order for 86 737s
UAE low-cost carrier Flydubai firmed an order for 75 Boeing 737 Max 8 and 11 737-800 in a deal worth $8.8 billion at list prices.
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NewsBoeing sets delivery, order records for commercial aircraft in 2013
Boeing raised the bar for commercial aircraft deliveries in 2013 with a regrouped production system and a record level of sustained demand that overcame several major distractions.
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NewsPICTURES: Bristow takes first fully configured Sikorsky S-76Ds
Sikorsky has delivered the first fully configured examples of its new S-76D medium helicopter, a little over a year after gaining US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the baseline rotorcraft.
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NewsBoeing union approves 777X labour deal by razor-thin margin
Boeing machinists have accepted a new contract by a 51% - 49% margin in a vote to clinch keeping major 777X assembly work in the Seattle area.
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NewsNew document offers glimpse of DOD’s unmanned future
A US Department of Defense planning document released last week contains a vignette showing how unmanned systems could be deployed in a future conflict with a fictitious enemy state resembling in some ways Iran.
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FAA names six test centres for UAS airspace integration
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected six test centres around the country that will serve as a research and testing backbone for determining how to integrate unmanned aircraft into controlled airspace.
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NewsTextron to buy Beechcraft parent for $1.4bn
Textron will acquire Beech Holdings, the parent of Beechcraft Corporation, in a $1.4 billion transaction.
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Boeing to deliver 28 Chinooks to US Army
Boeing will build six new CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters and remanufacture 22 more for the US Army in Fiscal 2014 under a contract announced on 26 December worth $618 million.
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NewsM2, Sovereign+ deliveries begin at Cessna
Cessna has started delivering light M2 and newly-branded Sovereign+ jets a week ahead of an internal, fourth-quarter deadline.
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SOCOM seeks runway-independent UAV
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is canvassing the aerospace industry for information on expeditionary Group 3 unmanned aerial vehicles that are “runway independent,” according to SOCOM spokesman U.S. Navy Captain Kevin Aandahl.